ALL the numbers suggest the 36ers have little chance of keeping their NBL season alive in New Zealand against the Breakers tonight.

Adelaide has a 0-11 record against the Breakers since Marty Clarke took the reins three seasons ago and New Zealand (20-3) enters the contest on top of the NBL ladder and riding a club record 12-game winning streak.

It all points to one result but don't bother telling Clarke.

"When the ball gets thrown up, it's a whole new game. What's gone before counts for diddly squat," he said.

"If you worried about superstitions and streaks and stuff you'd be a terrible sportsperson. You can't think that way."

The Sixers (8-16) have failed to win three games in a row in the Clarke era - an achievement they're in position to do tonight after consecutive road wins against Cairns and Wollongong.

It's another meaningless statistic if you ask Clarke.

"This is a new game. I wouldn't have known that stat," he said. "It's certainly not something I'm concerned about."

The third-year mentor did concede his side would enter the game as an underdog.

"That's probably a fair enough comment," he said.

"We're on the road in New Zealand, they've only lost three games for the year. If you were a betting man you'd be putting it that way.

"But as soon as the ball goes up, it's five on five - and we expect to win."

Luke Schenscher (back) has been replaced in the travelling party by Jan Warbout.

The Breakers are also expected to be without a big of their own, Will Hudson (knee).

"I've heard he's one or two weeks away," Clarke said.

The 36ers will likely need to win their remaining four games to have any chance of pinching fourth spot on the ladder.

They finish their season with a home-road double against Cairns and an away game in Wollongong.